Our nutritionist told us that we should only occasionally eat a half of a banana, because they contain the same sticky plaque that is in an Alzheimer's brain. I've been looking for this online and haven't found anything but good things said about bananas. Anyone else ever heard of this?

I did a Yahoo search using the phrase "bananas alzheimer's" and got many links to articles and studies that say fruit, including bananas, is good and helps slow down the progress of the disease. I did not see anything to substantiate what your nutritionist said to you.

You could ask your nutritionist what he/she bases that opinion on - articles, studies, websites, etc.

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